Christi Lutman

Director of Volleyball Operations

Christi founded PVA in 2011 after finishing her playing career at the University of Missouri. She was named an All-American in 2003 and inducted into the Mizzou Hall of Fame in 2013. Christi is currently the assistant coach for the women’s volleyball team at the University of Central Missouri. She will serve as the primary middle and offensive trainer for PVA.

Ryan Hembrough

Recruiting Coordinator

Ryan started coaching with PVA in 2021 and is heading into his third season. He served as a MB for his D1 Men’s Club team at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. Ryan aims to provide a positive and inclusive environment while preaching culture and chemistry at the highest level. Ryan is passionate about developing individuals who are not only skilled athletes but good people as well. Ryan focuses on training positional discipline within all skills.

Nicole Kerkman

PVA 15 Elite Assistant

Nicole started coaching at PVA after playing for UMKC from 2008-2011. During her tenure, she broke the all-time career digs record, earned player of the week honors, and was a four time member of the Fall Academic All-League Team. Nicole has served as an assistant coach for PVA for 8 seasons and has qualified teams for Nationals in the Open, National, or USA division. Nicole focuses on cultivating competitiveness and passion in young players.

Mark Rice

13 Elite Head Coach

Mark served as a Varsity volleyball coach in Lee’s Summit for 20 years while racking up 476 wins for an average of 23 wins per season. Mark guided Lee’s Summit HS to Missouri State’s final four for the first and only appearance and led Lee’s Summit West HS to a State Championship and 2 Runner-Up Titles. Mark has qualified teams for Nationals in the Open, USA, National, and American divisions. He emphasizes training to individual players strengths and building confidence in all skills.

Audrey Fisher

Director of Volleyball Tournaments and Programs PVA 14 Elite Assistant

Audrey began coaching at PVA after playing at Central Missouri for 4 seasons earning 3 All-American titles and being named the 2021 MIAA Player of the Year. Audrey trained as a player under coach Christi Lutman at PVA for 4 years before returning to coach. She has served as an assistant coach for 2 seasons and focuses on technical excellence in the middle position.

Jeff Morgan

17 Elite and 15 Molten Head Coach

Jeff Morgan has a club coaching career spanning 22 years in Kansas city. In the past 13 year coaching for PVA, he was one of the primary lesson and camp coaches throughout the year. Jeff played high school volleyball in the St. Louis area. He lead the state in kills this last 3 years of high school He was named to the USAV all tournament team his senior year. Collegiately, he played volleyball at Graceland University from 1997 to 2001. Graceland won Nationals in 1998 and the team was inducted into the Graceland Wall of Fame

Mariah Brim

12 Molten Head Coach

Mariah Brim, last season was an assistant coach for the 13-2 select PVA team. This season I will assist with the BC 14-1 Navy team. I will also be the head coach of a 12 molten PVA team. At the middle school I teach at I will be the new head coach (Kansas City International Academy KCIA). As for my volleyball experience I played at PVA my for 4 years before I committed to play at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. After 3 years I transferred to Tulsa University in Tulsa, OK and graduated with an English degree.

Alyscia Bradley

17 National Assistant Coach

Alycia played collegiate volleyball at the University of Central Oklahoma as an OH. She began coaching in 2017 for Oklahoma Peak and this will be her second year coaching at PVA as the 13-2 Select head coach and 17 national assistant!

Emily Lemke

17 National Head Coach

Emily began coaching in 2016 her senior year at K-State where she played on the club volleyball team. She spent 3 years coaching at Washburn Rural High School while coaching club at Topeka Elite, 1 year at Louisburg High School and this will be her 5th year at PVA.

Bree Thompson

17 Elite Assistant Coach

Bree was raised in Cedar Falls, Iowa where she earned 4 high school state championships for Janesville CSD. She started club volleyball at age 11. Playing with Six Pack to start and then to Club Iowa Juniors to finish. She also trained in the sand in the summers. After high school, she went on to play Division 1 volleyball at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN and then later transferred to UMKC to finish out her collegiate carrier. She was an outside hitter, but has had some experience in every position.

Amy Christian

Amy Christian has a club career spanning 25 years in Kansas City. Amy has qualified teams for Nationals in the Open and National divisions. This is Amy’s first year coaching with PVA where she runs the club’s Volley Tots program in addition to camps and clinics. In addition to the coaching club she is the varsity assistant at Blue Valley North under head coach Matt Allin, where she has helped the team to 3 straight state appearances with a 1st, 3rd and runner-up title respectively.. Collegiately, Amy played at UCM from 1987-1989. Amy emphasizes training the complete athlete and building confidence in all skills.